diff --git a/alsa-utils.changes b/alsa-utils.changes
index bde0a03..15d7615 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.changes
+++ b/alsa-utils.changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Wed Jun 20 18:19:21 CEST 2012 - tiwai@suse.de
 
 - Fix the installation of postinit rules
+- Add (empty) preinit directory for alsactl init as a placeholder
 
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 Fri Jun 15 15:41:10 CEST 2012 - tiwai@suse.de
diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index 7cf6538..0790cb1 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %makeinstall
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/alsa/init/preinit
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/alsa/init/postinit
 for i in %{_sourcedir}/[0-9]*.conf; do
   install -c -m 0644 $i $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/alsa/init/postinit